Outdoor FUTURE’s Post

In a new letter published in Science magazine, Hussam Hussein and I argue for heritage conservation efforts in Petra to better incorporate local Bedouin communities into decision making over these sites and value their cultural heritage and environmental knowledge. Bedouin communities continue to be displaced and dispossessed from heritage sites in Jordan, often without adequate compensation or acknowledgement of how their livelihoods are impacted. https://lnkd.in/eC4XDJ3r

The first in a series of talks about intangible cultural heritage, thanks to Australia ICOMOS - AICOMOS Traditional trade skills are an essential form of built heritage. How can we preserve knowledge and value skills within current construction processes? Looking forward to continuing the conversation about intangible cultural heritage.

Wetlands are tied to long-standing cultural values and practices that enable human societies to use nature in a sustainable way so they can thrive. These cultural practices and traditions can play a significant role in securing the conservation and wise use of the world’s wetlands. Learn more: www.worldwetlandsday.org #WetlandsForOurCommonFuture #WetlandsMatter

Let's check SILKNOW! 🧐 🌐 The initiative was consolidated in a digital repository, #ADASilk, with access to around 40,000 entries on objects and weaving techniques, including those that are no longer used. ☝️ It also counted with materials and decorative motifs linked to #silk, spatio-temporal maps that place them in specific dates and places, and a #virtual loom that reproduces the internal structure of the fabrics. 💭 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dhE65jWG

June is National Indigenous History Month. To celebrate this month, all are encouraged to learn about and honour the diversity, beauty, and history of Indigenous peoples. This year, each week of June has been assigned a theme, to spotlight various aspects of the history. This week's theme is: Environment, traditional knowledge and territory. Look through the learning resources in the link below to understand Treaties, the Seven Sacred Laws, nature conservation, land acknowledgements and more. To read more about this month, and to learn more about each theme's related aspects: https://buff.ly/3IOZP70

In this episode, I interview P. Dee Boersma to discuss the conservation of penguins.  Dee is the co-chair of the IUCN Penguin Specialist Group and the founder of the Centre for Ecosystem Sentinels. She is also a  professor at the University of Washington. She is the author of Penguins: Natural History and Conservation and Invasive Species in the Pacific Northwest In this conversation, Dee elaborates on her extensive career working with penguins, and in particular the Magellanic penguin. https://lnkd.in/gTUUHSy4

We attended the GreenLatinos Summit last week in El Yunque National Forest--home to the Taíno native people of Puerto Rico and the only tropical rainforest that is part of the national forest system. The Summit was an opportunity for Latino/a/x (Latine) leaders from across the country to come together and share more about the work we are doing, learn new strategies, discuss opportunities for collaboration, and form lasting alliances. Latine communities are the second largest racial or ethnic group in the United States, after non-Hispanic whites. It is imperative for conservation groups to develop strategies that engage Latine communities in advocacy, organizing, and access efforts in order to build a stronger conservation movement. A few takeaways from the conference: *87% of Latine voters support a national goal of protecting 30% of America’s land and water by 2030. *92% of Latine voters support the protection of national parks and public lands. *Communities of color are three times more likely to live without access to natural areas compared to white communities in the U.S. For example 9/10 Latinos in the area surrounding Castner Range National Monument are nature deprived. *Decision making for public lands management happens through public processes that are primarily delivered in English, yet about 30% of Latines speak exclusively in English, and 71.1% speak a language other than English at home. A big thank you to the GreenLatinos team for putting together such an impactful gathering. To learn more about their work, visit: https://lnkd.in/gsK_5tkP

Conservation and transformation - Reading Ruskin’s cultural heritage. Book review. https://lnkd.in/eQqpZW2A

Marking the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, we recognize that enduring conservation must actively involve people and partners linked to the natural systems we protect. This drove the creation of the Voice, Choice and Action (VCA) Framework, designed with respect for Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ connections to the natural world. The VCA aims to address deep-rooted challenges and support the visions of Indigenous and local communities that partner with TNC. Read about the VCA main strategies here: https://nature.ly/4df9yRj